Signed to Zhu Cihong, Prince of the Late Ming Dynasty

Chapter 94 Chapter 94: Zhu Cihong divided his troops into two groups, and the British public was shocked (please order first)

Facing the expectant eyes of Ying Gong and Li Guozhen, Zhu Cihong gave the answer directly without showing any pretense.

"The answer is actually very simple, that is to divide the troops into two groups! Lord Ying, you lead one of them to continue to besiege Baoding Mansion. Baoding must be conquered so that Li Zicheng has no chance to breathe. Uncle Xiangcheng, you and Ben Gong will lead the army back together. , just support the capital.”

Zhu Cihong's strategy is actually very simple, that is - I want them all.

Not only must we take down Baoding Mansion, but we must also defend the city of Beijing!

Yingying Gong and Li Guozhen obviously never expected that Zhu Cihong would give such an answer, and they were stunned for a moment.

A few seconds later, the two said in unison: "His Royal Highness, this is absolutely impossible!"

For a long time, Ying Gong and Li Guozhen were not very harmonious partners, but this time they reached a consensus at an astonishing speed and opposed it in unison.

Britain is fair: "Your Highness, although Li Zicheng should indeed be captured, if we divide the troops, wouldn't it weaken the strength of our Ming Dynasty?"

Li Guozhen said: "Your Highness, Jianu really wants to resist, but if you divide the army into two groups, I think it's too risky."

Although the words of the two are aimed at different aspects, they both mean the same thing.

Daming's current military strength is still relatively weak. If the army is divided into two groups, Daming may not be able to grasp it.

You must know that not long ago, Da Ming's life was still hanging by a thread, and he was almost wiped out by Li Zicheng.

Even if Li Zicheng is defeated now, he can't float away.

Facing the words of the British Duke and Li Guozhen, Zhu Cixiang obviously disagreed: "You two, you really underestimate the Ming Dynasty, or in other words, you value Li Zicheng and Jianu too much!"

Li Zicheng's Dashun and the Jurchen's Manqing, are these two regimes weak?

Of course it is not weak.

But are they strong?
Actually not.

If they were really strong, then Daming would have been wiped out long ago!

Of course Daming is still capable, otherwise he would not have been pushed out of the base by Li Zicheng after a full 15 years of fighting on two fronts.

Don't underestimate yourself.

Zhu Cihong said lightly: "Let's analyze Li Zicheng first. After the battle outside Gu'an, Li Zicheng now has only about [-] to [-] troops, and most of them are remnants and defeated generals who have no fighting spirit. If we also divide the troops Half of it came out, which happened to be [-], and it was enough to beat him."

Britain is fair: "Although that is the case, what about slavery?"

Zhu Cilang said with a smile: "Jiannu is indeed a very big trouble. In the past battles, our Daming actually lost more victories against Jiannu. We must admit this. But at the same time, we must also see that Jiannu The goal this time is actually to attract our Daming's attention, so that our Daming can't concentrate on killing Li Zicheng.

So Jiannu will not send too many soldiers and horses. Didn’t you find that the leader of Jiannu this time is Jierhalang?The reason why the other auxiliary king, Dorgon, didn't show up was because Dorgon didn't want to get involved in this matter.

In other words, what we are facing in this battle is at best half of the slaves, not the entire elite of the slaves who came from the overwhelmed army. This is very important.

If we still think about using only [-] soldiers to resist all the elites of Jianu, then what we get is likely to be a disastrous defeat.But if we use [-] elites to resist when facing half of Jiannu, and the goal is only for a draw, then I think it is very promising. "

Zhu Cihong's words reveal a strong self-confidence.

In fact, there is one thing that Zhu Cihong didn't say, or they didn't believe it when he told the British public, that is, he still has the system!

With the system in place, are you still afraid that you won't be able to win against the Manchus?

Just when Zhu Cihong thought of this, the voice of the system sounded at the right time: "A new check-in location has appeared, please arrive at any place within five miles from the Manchu military camp within half a month, and receive the check-in task!"

Hearing this, Zhu Cihong immediately smiled and snapped his fingers.

This wave, steady!
However, it was impossible for Yingying Gong and Li Guozhen to hear the words in Zhu Cihong's mind, so they were a little baffled by Zhu Cihong's action, thinking that Zhu Cihong was emboldening himself.

The British Duke thought for a while, and said helplessly: "Your Highness, maybe what you said is reasonable, but can this kind of proposal really be passed by His Majesty?"

Li Guozhen also said: "Yes, Your Highness, the whole army should return to the capital."

The two still wanted to continue trying to persuade Zhu Cihong.

Zhu Cihong shook his head, and said decisively: "No! You two, why was Da Ming always dragged into the quagmire of fighting on two fronts in the past? Isn't it because we had to mobilize a large number of main forces to deal with every time Jiannu came to fight? So can you just watch Li Zicheng escape?
A lesson from the past is a guide for the future.Our Daming has been doing this for 15 years by Li Zicheng and Jiannu. Do you still want to see Daming continue like this, being dragged to death by Jiannu?

We must take this opportunity to try to eliminate Li Zicheng, so that we can completely end this situation! "

The Ming Dynasty, especially the Chongzhen Dynasty, was actually a very unlucky dynasty.

The well-known phenomena of the Little Ice Age were either harvest failures or floods, droughts or earthquakes every year.

The common people have been made unable to survive, so what should we do?I can only rebel.

If you want to talk about rebellion, forget it, after all, there was no rebellion in that feudal dynasty?If it's settled down, it's over.

However, there is such an enemy as the Manchu Qing outside, who not only consumes the huge amount of national resources of the Ming Dynasty in Liaodong, but also desperately responds to the rebels Li Zicheng and Zhang Xianzhong inside the Ming Dynasty. Send troops quickly.

It doesn't really matter if the capital of the Ming Dynasty is still in Nanjing. There are still thousands of miles away from the border. You can harass the border as much as you want. I can kill Li Zicheng first.

However, the capital of the Ming Dynasty is in Beijing, which is very close to the frontier of the Manchu and Qing Dynasties.

So every time the Manchu Qing sent troops, Daming had to gather heavy troops to defend the capital for the safety of the capital, and then Li Zicheng, Zhang Xianzhong and his like could continue to roam around happily, harming the entire Ming Dynasty.

This is a vicious circle, it can even be said to be an endless circle.

It was this malignant tumor-like cycle that dragged down Ming Dynasty in history, and caused the last dynasty of the Han people to fall suddenly.

If you want to break this cycle, you must have courage, dare to bet and take risks at some critical moments.

The most important thing is that other people's adventures are real adventures, and Zhu Cihong's adventures...he can cheat!
Zhu Cihong said with piercing eyes: "Don't I know the hidden danger of dividing the army into two groups? Of course I know. But, if there is no risk, how can there be huge benefits? Think about it, both of you, if this time you can If it succeeds, what a huge profit our Daming can get!"

After listening to Zhu Cihong's words, Ying Gong and Li Guozhen couldn't help thinking.

Where is the benefit?

The soldiers are divided into two groups. If both routes can achieve their goals, they will completely defeat or even kill Li Zicheng in Baoding, and eliminate the largest rebel army in the Ming Dynasty. Return in vain.

If this is the case, the vicious circle that has plagued Daming for 15 years will be broken, and Daming will definitely be the biggest beneficiary.

If there is only one way to achieve the goal, then the other way can continue to support, but the situation will return to a very critical state.

If both ways fail to achieve the goal... then Daming is finished.

Thinking of this, Ying Gong and Li Guozhen's breathing became a little short.

The best outcome is that Ming Dynasty may be reborn from the ashes.

The worst outcome is that Daming will perish completely!

Zhu Cihong knocked on the table and said very sincerely: "Both of you are important ministers of Daming. You should have known for a long time that Daming is already seriously ill and even dying. As the only ones who have a chance to save Daming, if we At this time, he is still timid, thinking about conservative treatment, then it is very likely that he can only watch Daming perish.

You two, it's time to gamble.Not only for us, but also for Daming, for the millions of people in this world!As long as we succeed, they will no longer suffer, they will be able to live in a revived Ming Dynasty, and the light of China will spread throughout the world! "

Ying Gong and Li Guozhen were silent.

At this moment, their hearts were a little surging.

Save Daming, but at a risk.

Then...

The British Duke took a deep breath and said slowly: "Since His Highness the Crown Prince has such pride, how could the old minister not follow His Highness the Crown Prince?"

Li Guozhen laughed, and said: "The left and right are nothing more than losing and then going to die. His Royal Highness is not afraid, so what is there to be afraid of?"

The British Duke is only in his early thirties this year, and Li Guozhen is in his twenties. Both of them are in their prime. Once the blood in their chests is aroused by Zhu Cihong, it will immediately blaze and out of control.

Isn’t it just taking a risk, isn’t it just gambling on your life?

It's done!

Seeing this, Zhu Cihong smiled: "Very well, you two, let us work together to save this Daming!"

The three of them have decided on a plan and will divide their troops into two groups from tomorrow onwards.

The South Route Army, led by the Duke of England, was tasked with besieging Baoding with all its strength, trying to break through Baoding as quickly as possible, and then go north to help the capital.

The Northern Route Army, led by Li Guozhen, with Zhu Cihong as the supervisor, was tasked with defending the capital and preventing the Manchus from taking the opportunity to attack Daming from success.

After the discussion, Zhu Cixiang walked out of the commander's tent and realized that it was already late at night.

Zhu Cihong raised his head and looked at the stars in the summer night above his head, the vast Milky Way passing across his head, and the Big Dipper shining brightly around the Polaris.

"Li Zicheng? Man Qing? If you want to destroy Daming, you... are not qualified!"

Zhu Cixiang laughed loudly and strode towards his tent not far away.

Walking like a dragon and walking like a tiger, full of pride!

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